Sri Lankan Para athlete Dinesh Priyantha was stripped of his silver medal at the 11th World Para Athletic Championships 2024 in Kobe, Japan.

South Asia’s fastest sprinter and 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bronze Medalist Yupun Abeykoon is set to compete in four to five international meets in the next five weeks, Sri Lanka Athletic (SLA) sources revealed yesterday.

G.L.S. Perera, a veteran of over 50 years of experience in Sri Lanka Athletic (SLA) administration, was unanimously elected as Chairman of the SLA Technical Officials Association (SLATOA) at the annual general meeting held at St. Benedict’s College

Rafael Nadal admits he will be facing “one of the toughest opponents possible” when he plays Alexander Zverev in the French Open first round tomorrow.

Naomi Osaka swept to her first victory at the French Open in three years on Monday, setting up a potential showdown with world number one Iga Swiatek.

Kylian Mbappe said he was proud to leave Paris Saint-Germain with his “head held high” after winning Saturday’s French Cup final, but said he would wait for the right time to confirm where he will be playing next season.

Dambulla Women prevailed with a comfortable four-wicket win over Colombo Women in the final played at the Galle Stadium yesterday to emerge champions of the National Super League U23 Women’s T20 cricket tournament.

The Lanka Premier League (LPL) announced the t e r m i n a t i o n / retraction of rights of the Dambulla Thunders franchise, effective immediately.

Lyceum, Gampaha emerged runnersup in the overall standings for Girls’ at the National Age Group Swimming Championships 2024, organised by the Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union SLASU and held at the Sugathadasa Stadium Swimming Complex in Colombo.

The Nations Trust Bank (NTB) Golf Championship 2024 will tee off on May 31 for juniors and the main event on June 1 at the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC).

Sri Lanka’s Samitha Dulan stole the limelight with a world-record performance on the second day of the World Para Athletic Championships, continued in Kobe, Japan yesterday.

Sanija Thulmin of St. Peter’s College, Colombo and Hansani Prabodha of Air Force clinched the Men’s and Women’s Novices titles respectively at the All-Island Intermediate/Novices Table Tennis Championship – 2024 held at the Indoor Stadium in

The Air Force Inter-Unit Billiards and Snooker which concluded at the Air Force billiards table at the gymnasium of Air Force base in Katunayake saw leading aircraftman M.D.N. Kulasinghe of Air Force Base Katunayake and leading aircraft women W.M.S.H

Sri Lanka’s ace fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana was sold in at US $120,000 to Colombo Strikers at the 2024 Lanka Premier League (LPL) T20 Cricket Tournament Player Auction held in Colombo yesterday.

Sri Lanka’s Indika Gamage put up a fine performance to win a Bronze Medal on the opening day of the World Para Athletic Championships in Kobe, Japan yesterday. Gamage secured third place while competing in the T44 Men’s 100m event with a performa

Twenty two year old Thaha Irshath emerged national billiard champion for the third successive year when he came out victorious in the 69th National Billiards Championship by defeating Susantha Wickrama of the Army BC by 670 points to 591 in the final

Gothami Balika Vidyalaya, Colombo emerged ‘D’ Division champions at the S. L. A. Ratnaya

Malay CC and United Southern SC prevailed with first innings wins against Air Force SC and Galle CC in the U21 Invitational two day cricket tournament in the matches played at Katunayake and Galle. Results: At Katunayake – First innings win for M

The Sri Lanka Schools Karate Do Team left for Malaysia to participate in the Kusano Ha Open Invitational Karate Championships from May 24 to 29 in Kuala Lumpur. 19 Boys and 16 Girls selected from 27 schools will participate in this event. The Sri

By Susil Premalal The Fourth South Asian Youth Table Tennis Championship (SAYTTC) 2024 conducted by the Table Tennis Association of Sri Lanka (TTASL) will be held from May 26 to 29 at the Municipal Council Indoor Stadium in Kandy. The draw for

Former Antonian Nadesan Krishnakumar emerge victorious and capturing the coveted trophy at the Golden Putter Golf Tournament held at the Nuwara Eliya Golf Club (NEGC). Krishnakumar, a seasoned golfer with a reputation for his impressive performances

The Novices Boxing Meet, conducted by the Boxing Association of Sri Lanka and sponsored by McLarens Group of Companies, concluded at the Roya MAS Arena boxing ring in Colombo. S.P.P. Angelo of St. Sylvester’s College Kandy and Nirushika Jayatissa o

In a home-and-home battle of the U21 National Snooker Championship played at the Billiards and Snooker Association headquarters billiards table at Independence Square in Colombo, defending champion M.R.M. Musharaff of Moors SC retained the title with

Sri Lankan sprint athletes Yupun Abeykoon (100m Men) and Kalinga Kumarage (400m Men) once again failed to reach the 2024 Paris Olympic Qualification mark while competing at the Roma Sprint Festival in Italy and the Seiko Golden Grand Prix Meet in Jap

Chalitha Pushpika, representing the Navy, emerged as a formidable force, delivering a top-class performance with a brilliant two under round on the third day of the Ranking Golf Championship 2024 continued at the Victoria Golf Club Course in Rajawell

The newly elected President of the Colombo District Throwball Association (CDTA) Michelle De Kretser vowed to launch a mega campaign to promote the sport at the school and club level. The former netball player said that throwball is a popular sp

Sri Lanka discard Kusal Janith Perera (KJP) smashed a sparkling unbeaten half century as Police SC cruised to a convincing seven-wicket win over Nugegoda SC in their SLC Major Club T20 Cricket Tournament Group ‘A’ match played at Reid Avenue yest

The West Indies Women’s Cricket Team will arrive in Sri Lanka during the month of June for a whiteball tour consisting of a three match ODI and a three-match T20I series. The team will play the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka Women’s Cri

The 13th Asian Senior Netball Championship 2024 has been postponed by a few weeks, Netball Asia (NA) President, Lakshmi Victoria said yesterday. The 16-nation tournament, conducted by NA and the Saudi Arabian Netball Association (SANA) was set to be

Rain was a spoiler as six out of the eight matches were washed out in the MCA ‘G’ Division 25-Over League Cricket Tournament 2024 in Colombo last week. The six matches that got rained off were: MAC Holdings vs Singer Sri Lanka ‘B’, Pelawatte